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Way Back In The Mountains by Merle Haggard

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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse 1:
C             G             C
How far can a man stretch a dollar?                         
C          F
I thought as I counted my pay
                       C
I told myself over and over
                         G
There must be some other way
   C             G         C
No light at the end of the tunnel
                           F
The whole world is falling apart
                           C
And I need this load on my shoulder
              G          C
Like I need a hole in my heart

Chorus:
                   F           C
I'm gonna move way back in the mountains
                         G
Build a cabin nobody can find
          C        F           C
I'm gonna move way back in the mountains
F         C          G        C
I'm gonna leave this old city behind

Verse 2:
           G          C
How does a man hold a woman
                               F
When he's standing on unsteady ground?
                             C
She's wantin' things I can't give her;
                              G
Things that make her world go round
    C            G         C
I'm tradin' this microwave oven
                            F
For a cast iron pot-bellied stove
                       C
If all I can make is a livin'
F      C                        G
Hey, I should have moved back a long time
C
ago

Chorus:
                   F           C
I'm gonna move way back in the mountains
                         G
Build a cabin nobody can find
          C        F           C
I'm gonna move way back in the mountains
F         C          G        C
I'm gonna leave this old city behind

                   F           C
I'm gonna move way back in the mountains
                         G
Build a cabin nobody can find